It’s the biggest fight of the year thus far and there’s not even bad blood between the two participants. But Nate Diaz and Jorge Masvidal will be fighting for the UFC’s version of its BMF belt. Diaz is coming off an impressive unanimous decision win over Anthony Pettis this past August. Prior to that Diaz, […]
The Rock announces productions company working on Smashing Machine redux
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson announced on Friday that he is developing film about mixed martial arts fighter Mark “The Smashing Machine” Kerr. The original film about the former MMA star, was a sobering depiction of Kerr and his rise and fall. Johnson announced the project at a press conference hosted by the UFC at the […]
AEW and NXT down due in part to World Series
AEW Dynamite on Wednesday night drew 759,000 viewers on TNT according to Nielsen. NXT on the USA Network drew 580,000 on a night when Game 7 of the World Series drew over 23 million viewers on Fox. It was the lowest rating for both wrestling telecasts. Notably, the ratings for the Game 7 World Series […]
WWE reports Q3 earnings
The WWE announced its 3rd quarter earnings for 2019 on Thursday. The company beat analyst estimates on its projected earnings, but they are still down compared to last year. The company announced revenues of $186.3 million in comparison to $188.4 million in 2018. The operating income was $6.4 million with the adjusted OIBDA (Operating Income […]
UFC 244 ticket demand highest since July
Ticket demand for this week’s UFC 244 event in New York is running fairly high as of Wednesday with the secondary market at its highest since July’s UFC 239 According to secondary market ticket vendor SeatGeek, the get-in price for the showdown between Nate Diaz and Jorge Masvidal is $266 per seat with the average […]